# Samaropsis

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of conifers}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|359.2|199}}
| image = 
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| taxon = Samaropsis
| authority = Goeppert, 1864
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
* ''S. dolianitii''
* ''S. gigas''
* ''S. indica''
* ''S. intermedia''
* ''S. itapevensis''
* ''S. kurtzii''
* ''S. leslii''
* ''S. mendesii''
* ''S. millaniana''
* ''S. milleri''
* ''S. puerca''
* ''S. rigbyi''
* ''S. seixasi''
* ''S. shenii''
}}

'''''Samaropsis''''' is a [form genus](/source/Form_classification) named by Goeppert in 1864. Later Sewart (1917) redefined the taxon to refer only to the [seed](/source/seed)s.<ref>[http://www.sbpbrasil.org/revista/edicoes/10_2/souza&iannuzzi.pdf SEMENTES DO GÊNERO SAMAROPSIS GOEPPERT]</ref>

==Location==
In [Brazil](/source/Brazil), the fossil species ''S. gigas'', ''S. kurtzii'', ''S. millaniana'', ''S. rigbyi'' and ''S. seixasi'', have been recovered from the city of [Mariana Pimentel](/source/Mariana_Pimentel), in the state of [Rio Grande do Sul](/source/Rio_Grande_do_Sul).  The fossils are found in the ''Morro Papaléo'' outcrop, [Rio Bonito Formation](/source/Rio_Bonito_Formation) and date from the [Sakmarian](/source/Sakmarian) stage in the [Permian](/source/Permian). Located in the geopark Paleorrota.

==References==
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Category:Prehistoric gymnosperm genera
Category:Conifer genera
Category:Cordaitales
Category:Paleozoic life of New Brunswick
Category:Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia
Category:Paleozoic life of Nunavut

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